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Sticks and stones. Yawn.
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: NoCorruptionAllowed
Ok.
I guess the survey was wrong then.
originally posted by: windword
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If Obama proposed the same religion registry as Trump every conservative in the country would call it what it is -- creeping fascism.
Steve Deace
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The Report specifically mentions the following political beliefs that law enforcement should use to determine whether someone is a “rightwing extremist”:
Opposes abortion
Opposes restrictions on firearms
Opposes lax immigration
Opposes the policies of President Obama regarding immigration, citizenship, and the expansion of social programs
Opposes continuation of free trade agreements
Opposes same-sex marriage
Has paranoia of foreign regimes
Fear of Communist regimes
Opposes one world government
Bemoans the decline of U.S. stature in the world.
Upset with loss of U.S. manufacturing jobs to China and India
. . . and the list goes on
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Bernie Sanders: To Rein In Wall Street, Fix the Fed
By BERNIE SANDERS DEC. 23, 2015
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If I were elected president, the foxes would no longer guard the henhouse. To ensure the safety and soundness of our banking system, we need to fundamentally restructure the Fed’s governance system to eliminate conflicts of interest. Board members should be nominated by the president and chosen by the Senate. Banking industry executives must no longer be allowed to serve on the Fed’s boards and to handpick its members and staff. Board positions should instead include representatives from all walks of life — including labor, consumers, homeowners, urban residents, farmers and small businesses.
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Social democracy, political ideology that advocates a peaceful, evolutionary transition of society from capitalism to socialism using established political processes. Based on 19th-century socialism and the tenets of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, social democracy shares common ideological roots with communism but eschews its militancy and totalitarianism. Social democracy was originally known as revisionism because it represented a change in basic Marxist doctrine, primarily in the former’s repudiation of the use of revolution to establish a socialist society.
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originally posted by: Phage
The claim is from a survey which found that to be the case, is it not?
But I'm not sure it's derogatory to say that people (and not just Republicans) are drawn to Trump because of his authoritarian message. Or, more accurately, it is people who are drawn to authoritarianism are drawn to Trump.
That kind of survey you mean?...
originally posted by: windword
What does any of that have to do with your man getting attacked for wearing a button? Supposedly?
originally posted by: windword
a reply to: Phage
I don't think they've given up. I think they've just changed their strategy. Even the conservative icons, the Koch brothers, are advocating for Hillary as the better choice.
originally posted by: introvert
I did not say that. You posted quite the long-winded response to something I've never said. In fact, I even included others outside of Trump supporters.
originally posted by: introvert
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While I have been one to admit that I believe Trump appeals to the lowest common denominators among us, it appears that I was incorrect in that what really draws people to Trump is the authoritarian nature of his message. Authoritarian messages do not just appeal to Republicans, as is stated in the article, but it does seem as though they have the data to suggest authoritarians are moving further to the Right.
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Oversight of the Administration’s Criminal Alien Removal Policies
U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee
December 2, 2015
Statement of Jessica M. Vaughan
Center for Immigration Studies
Thank you, Chairmen Grassley and Ranking Member Leahy, for the opportunity to testify today on the Obama administration’s criminal alien removal policies. There can be no doubt that immigration enforcement is in a state of collapse. Despite a purported emphasis on “smarter” enforcement that prioritizes the removal of criminal aliens, the number of removals of criminal aliens has fallen to less than half the level reached in 2010, despite the fact that immigration officers have developed the resources and systems to identify more criminal aliens than ever before.
Because of policies implemented by the Obama administration, the vast majority of illegal aliens – including many criminal aliens -- residing in the interior of the country face no threat of deportation, regardless of when or how they arrived, or if they have been deported before. Many deportable aliens who are encountered and apprehended by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers are ignored or released, even if they have come to ICE’s attention after being arrested by local authorities.
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In addition, there were 194,791 convicted criminals awaiting the outcome of deportation proceedings
. Of these, 184,948 were at large in the United States, released by ICE.
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Gang Arrests Have Plummeted.
Although the President has said that gang members are a high priority for enforcement, just as with criminal aliens in general, the number of gang arrests by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents has declined considerably in recent years. According to ICE records, in 2014, ICE arrested 1,571 gang members, of which 1,514 were in the United States and 57 were abroad.
This is less than half the number of gang arrests by ICE made in 2013, and the lowest number since 2005, when ICE first launched its anti-gang programs, known as Operation Community Shield.
This steep drop in arrests does not indicate that there are fewer deportable gang members here, but that ICE is devoting fewer resources to the problem, and that the administration’s restrictions on interior deportations have affected the agents’ ability to target gang members for removal.
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originally posted by: Phage
I don't mean any particular "kind" of survey.
Just talking about the survey in the article referred to in the OP of a post in another thread. Which, it seems, was introduced to this thread by you.
Lost track then?
because I have excerpted what was written in several other threads in here.
originally posted by: Phage
Ok.
www.abovetopsecret.com...
Specifically your reference to a post from Introvert.
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My finding is the result of a national poll I conducted in the last five days of December under the auspices of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, sampling 1,800 registered voters across the country and the political spectrum. Running a standard statistical analysis, I found that education, income, gender, age, ideology and religiosity had no significant bearing on a Republican voter’s preferred candidate. Only two of the variables I looked at were statistically significant: authoritarianism, followed by fear of terrorism, though the former was far more significant than the latter.
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Matthew MacWilliams is founder of MacWilliams Sanders, a political communications firms, and a Ph.D. candidate in political science at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where he is writing his dissertation about authoritarianism.
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For almost 20 years, MacWilliams Sanders Communication has worked with progressive organizations, labor unions, Democratic candidates, foundations and issue campaigns. We work with our clients to develop innovative strategies that engage people, produce media that moves people, and place advertising that connects with people. The result: effective communications that help our clients win.
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Yes, that would be the article in the post to which I refer you referred to.
Oh, you mean to the article in which ONE MAN says he ran a survey of 1,800 people, which he "claims" :
originally posted by: Phage
Yes, that would be the article in the post to which I refer you referred to.
originally posted by: windword
a reply to: burgerbuddy
Riiight........
Because everyone know that Ted Cruz, Paul Ryan, Lindsey Graham, Bill Kristol and Mitt Romney, just to name a few "Never Trump" Republican enthusiasts, are all liberal atheist!
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: ElectricUniverse
You seem to be under the impression that I support the results of that survey.
Why?
originally posted by: NoCorruptionAllowed
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: NoCorruptionAllowed
Ok.
I guess the survey was wrong then.
Yes, and it is obviously so. The Trump ticket is the most ANTI Authoritarian ticket currently running.
Plus who surveyed would claim Trump was pro authoritarian? Anti Trump types of course.
Talk about a back asswards survey..
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: NoCorruptionAllowed
Did you read the article about it?
I did read it. I did ask if NoCorruption had read it. How did I suggest the validity of the survey (or lack thereof)? It is you who introduced the survey to this thread.
So, it seems you were implying you read it, and asked if NoCorruptionAllowed read it, then you mention that same "survey" to me as if it has merit, now you are asking me why I am under the impression you support it?.
To which I responded both Hillary and Sanders are candidates the elites want...
originally posted by: windword
a reply to: ElectricUniverse
Well, I saw some verbal attacks in the video, not physical. but don't know what he did to bring on those verbal attacks. I doubt it was just a button.
Also, it isn't just liberals that are anti-Trump. The "Never Trump: movement are conservative Republicans.